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quindene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quin-dene
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The 14th day after a festival.

noun

The 14-day period between the festival and the quindene.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin quindena, from Latin quīndēnī (“15 each”), from the distributive form of quīndecim (“15”). It is used for a period of 14 days owing to the Roman and medieval practice of counting inclusively.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: quindena, quīndēnī

Inflected Forms

quindenes (plural)

Derived Forms

quindenary

Synonyms

quindecim

Questions

What does quindene mean?
The 14th day after a festival.
Where does quindene come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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